>In another thread John Ryan referred several times to the American Dream.
>So, what is (was) the American Dream, and has it disappeared?

Over here we thought it was the early sixties house in the suburbs, at least 1 car, more kids than common over here and a job for the male to pay for it with some pressure but folding a seldom seen scene. Mad Man stuff - as not all attain the level of the head honcho shown, "dream"